That's the second call.!
At 04:50 PM 12/12/2015, you wrote:
I thought everybody called it the upf**ker.
Jim Watts
Paradigm Shift
C&C 35 Mk III
Victoria, BC
On 11 December 2015 at 22:16, Russ & Melody via
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Hi Chuck,
Maybe I should have used <VBG> in the response.
Email message can be difficult to express
subtleties, but I probably should have warned
you about clarifying sailing terms here. My
approval rating has been about 50/50 so far. <VBG>
The topping lift was never just for the main
boom. It was in general use for any spar lift at
the lower portion of a sail, main, stays'l or
spinnaker. Club footed jib excepted of course
and upper spars having other cute names, such as peak halyard.
Anyhow, these days it seems we're all correct.
Most of us foredeck guys from the 70s & 80s
would know the smallest wire & snap shackle is
the top'n' lift, or later on to become the "pole lift".
And as you say, when a foredeck mate yells at
the pit for uphaul, he really wants the inboard
end of the spinnaker pole raised. It is
remarkable how long it can take for this simple
request to be acknowledged sometimes. :)
But don't be too hard on newbies. If their
source of info is the Internet they get advice from Wiki such as this:
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
This article is about the spar. For floating
barriers to control access to harbours and
rivers, see
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boom_%28navigational_barrier%29>boom
(navigational barrier).
For other uses, see
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boom_%28disambiguation%29>Boom .
 In
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sailing>sailing,
a boom is a
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spar_%28sailing%29>spar
(pole), along the
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Parts_of_a_sail#The_edges>foot
(bottom edge) of a
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fore_and_aft>fore
and aft rigged
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sail>sail
,<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boom_%28sailing%29#cite_note-1>
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boom_%28sailing%29#cite_note-1>[1]
that...          (good so far, but..)
The topping lift (more rarely known as an
uphaul) is a
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sheet_%28sailing%29>line
which applies upward force on a
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boom_%28sailing%29>boom
on a <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sailboat>sailboat.
A topping lift may also refer to a line on the
front of the mast used to rig the spinnaker
pole. It is used to trim the pole to the proper
height when hoisting the <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spinnaker>spinnaker.
Hoo boy. Where do we go from here?
        Cheers, Russ
        Sweet 35 mk-1
At 02:27 PM 11/12/2015, you wrote:
I like to differentiate two very different animals:
The Topping Lift" goes to the boom end. The
"Spinnaker Pole Lift" controls the Pole end
while there is an uphaul and downhaul on the
spin pole car on the mast, I prefer to name the
mast control lines, "spin pole car uphaul and downhaul".
Chuck
Resolute
1990 C&C 34R
Broad Creek, Magothy River, Md
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Subject: Re: Stus-List Spinnaker pole
Do you mean the top'n' lift? :)
At 02:25 PM 10/12/2015, you wrote:
Do you mean the spinnaker pole lift?
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Sent: Thursday, December 10, 2015 5:07:55 PM
Subject: Stus-List Spinnaker pole
Hello
Does anyone know the length of rope for the UPHAUL on a C&C-34?
I have a tracer string inplace on a recent
purchase boat and are looking for a quick job to replace
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